8:00am - 5:00pm Expo Hall & Vendor Halls Doors Open

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  Expo Hall - Main Speaker Stage:

     8:30am - 9:30am - Michael Bush - Spring Management

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     9:45 - 10:45am - Dr. Liz Walsh - Different Stock Responses to Disease

     

     11:00 - 12:00pm - Peggy Desantos - The Condensing Colony vs The Vented Hive, and the introduction of the Hive Hugger                                                                     Winterization system

     12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break​​

     

     1:00pm - 2:00pm - Randy Oliver (via Zoom) - Varroa Management

 

     2:15pm - 3:00pm - James Lee-  The Journey of a small scale hobby/sideline beekeeper with novice experiance- having   

                                     success with TF/Resistance Breeding.     

     

 

     3:15pm - 4:15pm - Russell Heitkam - Speaking on behalf of APIS M Giving an update on Projects and research

 

   Vendor Halls:

     8:00am - 5:00pm - Vendor Booths Open

     

     11:00 - 1:00pm - Concessions available on site.

     

   Vendor Hall (South Hall) - Speaker Stage:

     8:30am - 9:30am - Trevor Bawden - Queen Rearing

     

     9:45am - 10:45am - Charlie "CharBee" Koenen - Thinking Outside the 'Stacked' Box - Alternative Hive Designs

     

     11:00am - 12:00pm - Hannah Gaines Day - Where should I put my Honeybees?  Exploring Variation in Pesticide                                                           Contamination, Nutritional Quality, & Diversity of pollen collected by Honeybees in Wisconsin

                                        landscapes.

     

     12:00pm - 1:00pm -  Dr. Vera Strogolova, Strong Microbials - 

     

     1:00pm - 2:00pm - Stephanie Slatter - How To Prepare For A Honey Show

     

     2:15pm - 3:00pm - Phoebe Snyder - AFB Vaccine - Transgenerational Immune Priming

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Day Two - January 26, 2025

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8:00am - 5:00pm Expo Hall & Vendor Halls Doors Open

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  Expo Hall - Main Speaker Stage:

     8:30am - 9:30am - Russell Heitkam  Northern California, Commercial Queen breeder

     

     9:45 - 10:45am - Randy Oliver (via Zoom) - 

     

     11:00 - 12:00pm -  Liz Walsh - Varroa Intergrated Pest Management

     

     12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break​​

     

     1:00pm - 2:00pm - Jay Evans- Honey Bee Disease Diagnostics

     

     2:15pm - 3:15pm - Ian Steppler - 

     

     3:15pm - 4:15pm - Panel Discussion - 

 

   Vendor Halls:

     8:00am - 5:00pm - Vendor Booths Open

     

     11:00 - 1:00pm - Concessions available on site

     

   Vendor Hall (South Hall) - Speaker Stage:

     8:30am - 9:30am - Michael Bush - Year In A Treatment Free Apiary

     

     9:45am - 10:45am - Honey Show Results - Stephanie Slatter 

     

     11:00 - 12:00pm -  Ben Sallmann - 

     

     12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break​

     

     1:00pm - 2:00pm - Steve Cantley - Broodminder